How To Easily Make A Simple DIY Gas Forge from A Coffee Can

I’ve been experimenting with making knives for a while now and have needed to upgrade my forge from the borrowed mess that I’ve been using recently.
A friend suggested that I had a go at making my own and I found this great design by CLKindred on You Tube that fitted my brief pretty well.
1 – Cheap.
2 – Already have materials needed.
3 – Easy to follow instructions.
Here’s how it goes…

Step 13 – Spread the mixture onto the surface of the refractory material.

Step 14 – Then seal off the top or front of the forge.

When its set you can heat it up with the burner to finally cure the fire-cement.Propane will burn pretty hot – about 3500 deg F so will easily melt steel enough to bash it on an anvil.

Making a crucible out of similar refractory materials will enable you to melt small quantities of other metals too.
You can do this using the same technique as making the forge but using a small tin as a mold.